Question

Design an experiment to determine whether the pink flower of petunia plants results from incomplete dominance.

Answer 1

Answer:

To cross petunia plants/lines with pink flowers (F1) which were obtained by crossing plants with red and white flowers (parental generation). The presence of petunia plants with red or white flowers in F2 would evidence that this trait is under incomplete dominance.

Explanation:

Incomplete dominance is a type of relationship in which both alleles are expressed in heterozygous individuals, thereby resulting in a new phenotype. This type of allelic interaction is commonly referred to as 'the dilution of the dominant allele' in heterozygous individuals. Moreover, codominance refers to a type of allele relationship in which both alleles are expressed to an equal degree in heterozygous individuals.